Ruffled garment and the like



Jan. 2, 1940. A. N. sPANEL.

RUFFLED GARMENT AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 21. 1937 5 sheets sheet 1 ATTORNEY.

Jan. 2, 1940. A. N-. sPANEL RUFFL ED GARMENT AND THELIKE Filed Jan. 21. 193 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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RUFFLED GARMENT AND THE LIKE Filud Jan. 21. 193 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENT OR.

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Jan. 2, 1940. A. N. S PANEL RUFFLED GARMENT AND THE LIKE 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR.

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Patented a..- 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,185,527 RUFFLED GARMENT AND THE LIKE Abraham N. Spinel, Rochester, N. Y.

Application January 21, 1937, Serial No. 121,580

This invention relates to garments made of liquid latex such as latex pants and the like, as well as to forms for making the same.

In the manufacture of baby pants provided '5 with ruflies thereon, it has been the practice in the past to make such pants by cementing or stitching pieces of sheet rubber together to form the garment and to cement or stitch ruilles thereon. The resulting cemented or stitched l seams are a source of frequent failure during use I it; that a garment of this type is of relative short In accordance with the main feature of the present invention, there are provided seamless l rubber pants deposited from liquid latex or the like and having ruiiies integral therewith, the pants together with the ruflles being made of one piece of latex or rubber without seams of any kind therein. Such a construction permits the 20 deposition of the pants from an aqueous dispersion of rubber, commonly known as latex,

which possesses much greater inherent elasticity and longer life than cemented or stitched sheet rubber garments that have been available in the 25 past.

A further feature .of the invention relates to novel forms on which the seamless milled pants of deposited rubber, can be made.

These and other features of the invention will 30 appear from the detailed description and claims when taken with the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 is a side view of a pair of rubber pants made in accordance with the present invention; Flg..3 is a section thereof 5 taken on the line 3-4 of Fig. 1 illustrating the construction of the waist portion of the pants; Fig. 4 is a section through the ruflie and the leg opening of the pants takenon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of 'a some- 40 what modified pair of rubber pants in which the leg openings face slightly toward the front of the pants; Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the ruille and adjacent body portion at a leg opening of these pants taken substantially on the line 5 6-6 of Fig. 5; Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional views taken through fragments of modified pants illustrating other types of ruilies; Fig. 9 is a front elevation and Fig. 10'i's a side elevation of a form on which the rubber pants of Fig. 1 can be 5 deposited; Figs. 11 and 12 are sections taken through this form respectively on the lines I l--l I and 12-42 and also illustrating thereon in section a layer of rubber comprising the pants; Fig. 13 is an enlarged section through the ruiile-gen- 55 erating portion of the form, taken on the line 5 Claims. (Cl'. 128---288) |3l3 of Fig. 10; Fig. 14 is a section of this last mentioned portion of the form taken on the line i4- l4 of Fig.- 9 at right angles to the section of Fig. 12; Fig. 15 is a fragmentary front elevation and Fig. 16 is a side elevation of a slightly modi- 5 fled type of form on which a pair of pants, having leg openings with ruffles as illustrated in Fig. 5, can be deposited; Fig. 1'7 is an enlarged section through this modified type of form taken on the line i|l'| of Fig. 15 and Fig.'l8 is an enlarged 0 section of this portion of the form taken along the line iii-l8 of Fig. 17 at right angles to this last-mentioned section; Fig. 19 is a fragment of a modified type of form; Fig. 20 is an enlarged fragmentary section through this form. with a 15 rubber layer thereon, taken on the line 20---% of Fig. 19 and illustrating the character of ruiiie and the reinforcement of the margin thereof which can be generated on this form; Fig. 21 is a fragment of a further modified type of form on 20 which a pair of pants similar to those illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, can be deposited; Fig. 22 is an enlarged section of this'form with a rubber layer thereon taken on the line 2222 of Fig. 21; Figs.

23 and 24 are fragmentary sectional views of 25 forms with rubber layers thereon, the forms being similar to that illustrated in Fig. 22 but disclosing other ways for depositing diflerent styles of ruflies and marginal reinforcements therefor; Fig. 25 is a front view of a further modified type of pants and Fig. 26 is a section thereof taken on the line 26-26 of Fig. 25 illustrating the pants on a portion of the form on which it is deposited; Fig. 27 also is a front view of a still further modified type of pants; Fig. 28 is a fragmentary cross section of the waist portion thereof also illustrating a fragment of the form on which the pants are deposited.

Referring especially to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the 1 numeral 5 generally designates a pair of pants such as is suitable for infants wear. These pants which are made from seamless rubber preferably deposited from an aqueous dispersion of rubber or latex, include a front portion 6 anda rear portion 1. At the top of the pants there is provided a waist opening 8 and in each side of the pants near the top thereof there is provided a side opening 9 connected by a slit ill with the waist opening. The margin of the pants at the waist opening has an integral reinforcing rubber 5o ridge Ii of semi-pear-shaped cross section, as best illustrated in Fig. 3, while the margins of the pants at the side openings 9 and the slits III are likewise reinforced by an integral rubber ridge having an outwardly flaring feather edge.

In order to close the side openings, a buttonhole 2 is provided in the pants at each side of the slit H) which buttonholes are adapted to receive buttons or other fastening means (not shown) to hold the adjacent flaps of the pants together. The pants at the margins of the buttonholes l2 are preferably reinforced by ridges of rubber. While the front part 6 and the rear part I of the pants may be of equal length, it is preferred to have the margins of these pants at the waist opening offset, the rear margin preferably extending beyond the front margin. The body of the pants, which has leg openings l3 formed therein (see Fig. 4) is provided with integral ruifles l8, each rufiie flaring outwardly from the body portion and enclosing a leg opening formed therein. The margin of each ruflie is reinforced, as shown atl5 in Fig. 4, which reinforcement is generally triangular in cross section but preferably terminates in a torn or feather edge I6. It should be especially noted that the junction between the body of the pants and the ruiiie'll is reinforced as indicated at IT by a ridge of rubber formed integrally with the pants.

Asshown especially in Figs. 2 and 4, the rufiies are parallel to the common plane of the body of the pants. However, in Figs. 5 and 6, a modified arrangement is shown in which the leg openings in the pants and the ruilles about the same, face slightly toward the front of the pants. There is also indicated a different type of reinforcement for the free edge of 'the ruiiie, the reinforcement being a ridge l8 on one surface of the ruille instead of the triangular reinforcement previously described.

It has been pointed out that the Junctions between the body portion of the pants and the ruflies thereof at the leg openings, may be re-.

inforced to engage the infants legs snugly. However, in the pants shown in Fig. 7, the reinforcement II has been omitted and instead the junction between the ruiiies and the body of the pants at the leg opening are merely of restricted diameter to afiord a snug fit.

In Fig. 8,. there is illustrated in a fragmentary sectional view, a .rufile arrangement similartto that disclosed in Fig. 4. The ruifle ll of this arrangement has its' free edge'reinforced by a ridge l9 which is substantially semi-pear-shaped in cross section.

The pants shown in Figs. 1 to 4 can be made by depositing latex on a form 20 illustrated in Fig. 9. This form, which has the general outline of the desired pants, is provided at its upper portion with two ruflie-generating diverging extensions 2|. The junction between the body of the form and each extension 2| defines an angular recess 24 in which the latex can accumulate as a reinforcement at the junction between the body of the pants-and the ruflie thereon to insure that the garment at the leg opening, will snugly engage the leg of the infant. These extenly from the end portion of each extension, is

provided with an abrupt edge 23 (see Figs. 13 and 14) The lower end of the form terminates in a continuous abrupt edge 25 defining the waist opening in the pants. As best shown in Fig. 10, this abrupt edge has offset portions located at the front and back of the form. On

.each lateral edge of the .form there is provided a plate 26 of flattened elliptical outline to define a side opening or pocket opening in'the pants.

Each of these plates. has formed integral therewith, a narrow rib 21 which extends as far as the abrupt edge 25 of the form. By this construction, the waist opening and the side or pocket.

openings in the resulting garment communicate with each other. The form is also provided at each side of the rib 21 with a boss 28 to .define buttonholes in the resulting garment. It should be noted that the plates 26, the ribs 21 and the In making pants on the foregoing forms, a

coating of latex such as an aqueous dispersion of rubber is deposited in any of the several known commercial ways on the surface of the form until a layer of the desired thickness results.- In

the junction 24 between the form proper and the extension 2|, the latex will accumulate as a.

'these parts there will be a line of weakness in the coating. When the latex is properly "set, the'excess portions of the layer (not shown) on the upper ends of the extensions 2| are torn or cut awayas far as the abrupt edges 32, leaving the ruiiles H with reinforced margins l8. The excess portion of the layer on the faces of the plates 26, the ribs 21 and the bosses 28'is stripped. torn or cut away leaving the margins of these portions of the pants with reinforced edges. The excess portion of the layer (notshown) on the lower end of the form is also likewise removed as' far as the abrupt edge 25.

The type of pants disclosed in Fig. 8 can be 1 made on the modified form shown in Figs. 19

' and 20, wherein the mine-generating. extensions 2| are each ofmushroom shape and terminate in sharp edges 35. The 'neck of the extension 2| is reduced in thickness as compared with the thickness of the body oftheform 20 so that the junction between these parts, provides a recess 24 in which the latexwill accumulate as a highly important reinforcing ridge 11 in the' rubber layer at the leg opening.

In making a pair of pants on this last-mentioned form, latex is deposited thereon until a layer of desired thickness is developed on the form. The latex will accumulate in each recess 24 to develop a ridge; while above the sharp edge 25 0f each extension, the latex will accumulate as a ridge l9 which is substantially semi-pearshaped or semi-oval in cross section. At the sharp edge itself the layer will have a line of weakness developed therein so that the portion of the layer. (not shown) on the upper end of the extension can readily be removed as far as this mentioned line of weakness leaving the operations already described.

The modified type of form shown in Figs. 21 and 22 may be employed in the making of pants such as illustrated in Fig. '7. It will be noted in this form that each ruflle-generating extension 2| merges into the surface of the body of the form, so that there is no reinforcement generating recess at the junction between these parts.

However, it will be especially noted that the opening through the ruflle is of reduced diameter as compared to the adjacent body portion of the pants so that the resulting pants will snugly fit the legs of the infant. The curved surface of each extension 2| is provided with a groove 39 which completely encircles the exwill accumulate in the groove 39 as a reinforcing ridge, while at each abrupt edge 40 of the form a line of weakness will develop in the latex layer. The excess portion of the latex layer (not shown) on the upper ends 4| and'sides 42 of the extensions can be separated from the remainder of the layer' at the abrupt edges 40. The remaining operations of'making a garment on this form will be obvious from the description previously given.

In Fig. 23 there is indicated a modified type of form on which pants with a bell-shaped style of ruffle can be generated. In this type of form, each extension 2| is joined to the body proper of the form to provide a recess 24. The free end of each extension 2| is made with a projecting plate 45 having an abrupt edge 46,,the projecting margin of the plate providing a recess 41 on the extension.

When a latex layer is deposited on this form, the latex will accumulate in the recess 41 while at the abrupt edge 48 there will be a line of weakness in the layer. Also the latex will accumulate in the junction between the ruiile and the body of the pants at the leg opening. In finishing these pants, after the latex has set," the excess portions of the layer on the top and sides of the plates 45 is stripped, cut or torn away the end of each extension 2| of the form is.

provided with a raised panel 50 having an abrupt edge 5| which panel projects-abruptly from the extension proper to afford a recess 52.

When this last-mentioned form is coated with latex, the layer acumulates in this recess 52 to provide a ridge having a triangular cross section. Itwill be understood that during, the depositing operation, thelatex will tend to flow away from this abrupt "edge 5| leaving a line of weakness in the layer. In the finishing of a pair of pants deposited on this form, the excess portions of the layer on the faces of the panels 50 are stripped, cut or torn away as far as the abrupt edges 5| thereof, leaving a thin edge 53 on the triangular reinforcement 52.

In Figs. 25 and 26, there is illustrated a modified type of pants 5a having a front portion 6a and a rear portion 1a. The waist opening 8a in these pants, is surrounded by a ruflle 8b which projects outwardly from its junction with the main portion of the pants. This junction which is reinforced by an integral accumulation of rubber 8c, is preferably restricted in diameter as compared with the waist portion of the pants so that it snugly fits the waist ofthe infant. These pants have abbreviated legs [40. with a crotch portion therebetween, the'free edges of these logs being preferably reinforced by integral ridges of rubber of the character shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 8. Ventilating openings are provided in the front'of the pants as indicated in Fig. 25. I

The pants shown in Fig. 25 may be deposited on a form .55, a portion of which with a layer of rubber thereon is illustrated in cross section in Fig. 26. This form is preferably dipped into a latex bath, as already described, in the position illustrated.

The modified pants b illustrated in Figs. 27 and 28 are similar to the pants just described ex.- cept that the free margin of the ruflle 8b at the waist openingis reinforced by an integral ridge 8c of rubber herein illustrated as being semipear-shaped or semi-oval in cross section. These last mentioned pants do not have abbreviated legs but instead have reentrant leg openings |3b in the body thereof. The margin of the material adjacent each of the leg openings is preferably reinforced by an integral ridge of rubber (not shown).

The pants illustrated in Fig. 2'7 likewise can be made on a suitable form 56 of which a fragment thereof coated with a layer of rubber, is illustrated in cross section in Fig, 28. This lastmentioned form is preferably dipped into a latex bath in inverted position with respect to that in which it is illustrated in Fig. 28. When thus dipped the reinforcing, ridge Re Will accumulate above the abrupt bottom edge 5'I-of the form and the reinforcement at the junction 80' between the ruflle of the body of the pants will accumulate in the recess 58 of the form.

Itwill be understood that the ruffle-like or cufflike portion at the leg openings as well as at the waist opening of the garment afiord a relatively wide contacting surface with the body of the wearer as distinguished from substantially a line contact as was present in former baby pants.

This result is achieved without shirring or gathers so that a smooth. and comfortable surface is in contact with the wearer. In addition the relatively wide contacting surface afforded by the ru-file-like or cuff-like portion provides a more adequate seal against the passage of liquid past the mentioned portion.

The foregoing disclosure is given merely by way of example, and it will be understood that there may be many modifications and variations of the same within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

What I claim is: I

1. A hollow seamless deposited rubber article having a body portion with a limb-receiving opening therein and a limb encircling band portion surrounding said opening integral with said body portion, said band portion extending outwa ."dly

from the body portion, said body portion and said band portion in the region thereof adjacent said opening being free from shirring, or gathers, the junction of said body portion and band portion being adapted to snugly engage the limb of the wearer and having a substantial surface contact therewith, without substantial constricting action. 1

2. A hollow, seamless deposited rubber article having a body portion with a limb-receiving opening therein and a limb-encircling cuff-like portion surrounding said opening, integral with said body portion, said 'cuiT-like portion flaring outwardly from the body portion to a margin of greater perimeter than that of said opening, the body portion and cufi-like portion in the region adjacent said opening being free from shirring or gathers, the junction of said body portion and said cufi-like portion being adapted to snugly, engage the limb of the wearer with -a substantial surface contact-and without substantial constrictive action,

3. A pair of seamless,%deposited rubber pants having a waist-opening and leg-openings therein, said leg openings being of a size adapted to snugly receive the legs of the wearer, the body of said pants being provided with outwardly flaring portions integral therewith at said leg openings, the junction of each portion'with said'body being curved transversely of the junction to af- -ford surface engagement with the legof the wearer, said portions being free from gathers.

opening.

5. A pair of seamless, deposited rubber pants having a waist opening and leg openings there'- in, said leg openings being of'such size as to engage the leg of the wearer, the body of said pants being provided with ruflle-like portions integral therewith at said leg openings, each of 'said portions flaring outwardly from the body of said pants and then inwardly to define a second opening of such sizethat said inwardly flaring part of said portion may engage the leg of the wearer whereby a double seal is provided at said leg opening, the material of said pants adjacent at' least one of the, openings at said ruflie-like portions being strengthened by an accumulation of rubber integral therewith.

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